TAMPA, Fla. -- After illness bumped his scheduled session back by a day, CC Sabathia appeared comfortable while throwing 40 pitches of batting practice to live hitters on Sunday afternoon.

Sabathia's focus remains on sharpening his breaking pitches and working on his cutter, which he says always comes along last. He induced a couple of silly looking swings, though Sabathia said it's way too early to get excited about such things.

"These guys are still kind of behind us," he said of the hitters he's faced.